RE: Ideological security vs financial security, which comes first?
The anti-fork folks are killing their dreams to prove a point that is arguably dubious in the first place. Worse, they are hurting others and poisoning the well -- all in the name of "ideology". If that isn't a clear violation of social norms and common sense then I don't know what would be.
Having financial security is equivalent to an ideology. Not allowing bad guys to take advantage of an error is equivalent to an ideology. Insistence that your core idea is correct and that everyone can and should suffer the negative consequences of your poor implementation (so that it never deviates from your core idea -- even if that is the best way to eventually successfully support it) is an ideology. It's all a question of priorities -- BUT -- things start being called ideologies when it becomes obvious that there are shortcomings in those beliefs and that they need to be modified. When two ideologies compete, that is rational. When an ideology competes with something that is generally recognized as common sense, that is irrational (unless it can truly be proved that common sense is in error in this case).
The DAO is dead unless it protects its investors (and the hard fork is currently the only suggestion hat does that). Ethereum is going to be out-competed because it is unnecessarily complex and dangerous (making it Turing-complete immediately put it on the wrong side of Rice's Theorem -- there was absolutely no need for that except propaganda and ego). These guys need to ditch their FLAWED ideology and rejoin the real world.
Financial security is not equal to ideology. In the dictionary an ideology is defined clearly as "a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy." and in Wikipedia:
Financial security is a means to an end. Without financial security it is hard to have physical security or liberty. Financial security, it's the means, it's the how. Ideology on the other hand is the end, it's the why. A person may want to achieve financial security to pursue an ideology, or they just might want to keep themselves and their family safe. In a society where everything seems to cost money and people must pay taxes it's really not much of an option for most people to not pursue financial security when the punishment for not doing it could be jail.
That being said, the ideological security is about defending principles and protecting the community from being hijacked by outsiders who do not share the same principles. For an activist who doesn't care about money there might not ever be a reason to be concerned about financial security. An activist who is prepared to go to jail will not require financial security.
References
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideology